Unofficial ballot drop boxes popping up throughout the state worry elections officials

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Source: Orange County Register


By Alicia Robinson | [e-mail] and Brooke Staggs | [e-mail] | The Orange County Register

In a photo posted to social media last week, a young man wearing a mask with Orange County congressional candidate Michelle Steel’s name on it is holding a mail ballot and giving a thumbs up next to a box about the size of a file cabinet labeled “Official ballot drop off box.”

The post, from Jordan Tygh, a regional field director for the California Republican Party, encouraged people to message him for “convenient locations” to drop their own ballots.

The problem is the drop box in the photo is not official – and it could be against the law.

The California Secretary of State has received reports in recent days about possible unauthorized ballot drop boxes in Fresno, Los Angeles and Orange counties, agency spokesman Sam Mahood said Sunday evening. Reports place such boxes at local political party offices, candidate headquarters and churches.

Read more: https://www.ocregister.com/2020/10/11/unofficial-ballot-drop-boxes-popping-up-throughout-the-state-worry-elections-officials/

[C_U_L8R]

1. Some people will be going to jail.

Stupid crooks.

[RainCaster]

2. GOP tactics

Grrrr

[Sherman A1]

10. Hopefully

That will be the case.

[gab13by13]

3. What do you mean could be against the law?

It's federal offense to mess with the mail and that is messing with the mail. There was a thing going on for a while where people were blowing up other people's mail boxes for kicks, it's a felony.

[soothsayer]

8. It's not mail though, is it? Don't drop boxes replace the mail

I think that’s their point — to avoid the mail stream.

So any illegality would come from kidnapping ballots.

[Jeebo]

4. Just one more way that Republicons cheat.

That's the only way they can "win" -- by cheating. Gerrymandering, voter intimidation, voter purges, the list goes on and on...

-- Ron

[MustLoveBeagles]

5. K&R

[KS Toronado]

6. If any of the fake boxes are on their list of "convenient locations" or worse all of them

They'll have a tough time explaining this one away. They'll probably just blame Biden/Kamala, Obama, Hillary

[tormadjax]

7. OMG I never thought of this!

REPUBLICAN FIENDS!

[Judi Lynn]

9. No one but natural Republicans could be this devious, driven to steal their way to power.

Let's hope it will blow up in their disgusting faces.

Welcome to D.U. , tormadjax.

[tormadjax]

11. Thank you! n/t

[Lonestarblue]

12. Republicans find a new way to cheat every day!

[Marcuse]

13. Public nuisance. Littering.

[Bengus81]

14. Flood those phony boxes with tons of junk mail that people receive

Or deposit thousand of envelopes telling that guy to KISS MY ASS.


Don't get mad...get even!

[malthaussen]

15. This sort of tactic is much more to be feared than threats of civil war.

It has the potential to divert measurable numbers of ballots, which could affect the results.

-- Mal

[mainer]

16. the GOP website with ballot box locations has been taken down

GOP got caught, and now they're trying to hide the evidence.